GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |