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 |
|---|---|
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| exude | to ooze out |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |