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 |
|---|---|
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| exhume | disinter |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |