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 |
|---|---|
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| defer | put off |