GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| refurbish | to brighten or freshen up : renovate |