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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| steep | lofty |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |