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 |
|---|---|
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |