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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| scourge | whip |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| brawny | muscular |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
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