GRE Word List

FIASCO

a complete failure

The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.

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elopeto run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent
debarto bar from having or doing something : preclude
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ordainto invest (see invest
pastrya dough that is used to make pies and other baked goods and typically has a high fat content : paste
ineluctablenot to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable
ambrosiathe food of the Greek and Roman gods
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sublimeto cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form
mottoa sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use