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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
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| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
| attire | to put garments on : dress |
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| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
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| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |