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 |
|---|---|
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| cubicle | a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |