GRE Word List

FIASCO

a complete failure

The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.

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WordMeaning
figmentsomething made up or contrived
prudentcharacterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as
capillaryresembling a hair especially in slender elongated form
banea source of harm or ruin : curse
carata unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy
nostalgiaa wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition
glutto flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand
rarefiedbeing less dense
secularof or relating to the worldly or temporal
depreciateto lower in honor or esteem