GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |