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 |
|---|---|
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |