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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
| labyrinth | a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| nomenclature | name |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |