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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deportto send out of the country by legal deportation
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tycoona businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate
frivolousof little weight or importance
sparseof few and scattered elements
punyslight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak
prolificproducing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
flitto pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another
heydaythe period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity