GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
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| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| fleece | the coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (such as a sheep) |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
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| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |