GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |