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 |
|---|---|
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language: |
| demented | mad |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| dint | force |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| psyche | a princess loved by Cupid |