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 |
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verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
gradation | a series forming successive stages |
sow | an adult female swine |
distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
pendulous | poised without visible support |
defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
posthumous | born after the death of the father |
shack | hut |
glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
leery | suspicious |