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 |
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| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| disclose | to make known or public |