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 |
|---|---|
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |