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 |
|---|---|
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |