GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |