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 |
|---|---|
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| submerge | to put under water |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| antecede | precede |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |