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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| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |
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| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| slapdash | haphazard |
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| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| niggle | trifle |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |