GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |