GRE Word List
FIASCO
total failure; CF. bottle
The meaning of the word fiasco is total failure; CF. bottle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rusticate | banish to the country; dwell in the country |
| discernible | distinguishable; perceivable; Ex. discernible improvement |
| incinerate | burn to ashes |
| quotidian | daily; commonplace; customary; Ex. quotidian routine |
| engage | attract; employ; hire; pledge oneself; confront; fight; enter into confliction; interlock; lock together; participate; N. engagement: agreement to marry; arrangement to meet someone or to do something; battle |
| bicker | quarrel |
| trample | step heavily with the feet; crush under the feet |
| swagger | walk or behave with an over-confident manner |
| hazardous | dangerous |
| revert | relapse; backslide; turn back to; return to the former owner; N. reversion |
