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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WordMeaning
shunto avoid deliberately and especially habitually
arborealof, relating to, or resembling a tree
plummetto fall perpendicularly
sequesterto set apart : segregate
unprepossessingnot tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing
abstractdisassociated from any specific instance
extortto obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring
braga pompous or boastful statement
piquantengagingly provocative
vertigoa sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily