GRE Word List
CATASTROPHE
a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin
The meaning of the word catastrophe is a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin.
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embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
microcosm | a little world |
martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
aloft | at or to a great height |
thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |