GRE Word List
ADVERSITY
a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune
The meaning of the word adversity is a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| replenish | to fill or build up again |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| sidetrack | siding |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |