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 |
|---|---|
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |