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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renditionthe act or result of rendering something: such as
effigyan image or representation especially of a person
cohereto hold together firmly as parts of the same mass
clapto strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise
secreteto form and give off (a secretion)
whorla drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle
missivea written communication : letter
turpitudeinherent baseness : depravity
gradationa series forming successive stages
luminarya person of prominence or brilliant achievement