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 |
|---|---|
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| fabricate | invent |