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.

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mischancebad luck
raspyharsh
explicitfully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent
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regenta person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign
deployto extend (a military unit) especially in width
trunkthe main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots
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