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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| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |
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| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| trappings | outward signs |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
| apprehend | arrest |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |