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 |
|---|---|
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
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