GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gravity | dignity or sobriety of bearing |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |
| submerge | to put under water |
| prong | fork |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |