GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |