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

WordMeaning
exertionthe act or an instance of exerting
bedraggleto wet thoroughly
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cornicethe molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration
privyprivate
insurrectionan act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government
anathemasomeone or something intensely disliked or loathed
incarnateinvested with bodily and especially human nature and form
pristinebelonging to the earliest period or state : original