GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| welter | writhe |