GRE Word List

FIASCO

a complete failure

The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.

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paritythe quality or state of being equal or equivalent
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exhaleto rise or be given off as vapor
precariousdependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments
correlateeither of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife)
exchequera department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes
littera covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger
seclusionthe act of secluding : the condition of being secluded
brevityshortness of duration
panga brief piercing spasm of pain