GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| raconteur | a person who excels in telling anecdotes |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |