GRE Word List

FIASCO

a complete failure

The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.

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resentmenta feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury
esteemthe regard in which one is held
nirvanathe final beatitude (see beatitude
physiologicalof or relating to physiology
abashto destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
antiquityancient times
fuss:trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby
deposeto remove from a throne or other high position
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life