GRE Word List
CALAMITY
a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering
The meaning of the word calamity is a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| sibling | sib |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| nib | bill |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| apparent | open to view : visible |