GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |