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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WordMeaning
ornithologista branch of zoology dealing with birds
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grandeurthe quality or state of being grand : magnificence
autonomoushaving the right or power of self-government
enterprisingmarked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act
hypotheticalinvolving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural
curmudgeona crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man
purgatoryan intermediate state after death for expiatory purification
empiricaloriginating in or based on observation or experience
immolateto kill or destroy especially by fire