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 |
|---|---|
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| warranted | sanction |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| articulate | expressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |
| seasoned | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |