GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
connivance | the act of conniving |
backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |