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
daintysomething delicious to the taste
congenialpleasant
symmetrybalanced proportions
perversionthe action of perverting : the condition of being perverted
abscissionthe act or process of cutting off : removal
jocularsaid or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful
piousmarked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship
callousbeing hardened and thickened
execrateto declare to be evil or detestable : denounce
maimto mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously