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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sirenany of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing
emasculateto deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken
smotherto kill by depriving of air
vyingcontending; to strive for superiority
conservatorya greenhouse for growing or displaying plants
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jocosegiven to joking : merry
prototypean original model on which something is patterned : archetype
anvila heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering)
depreciateto lower in honor or esteem