GRE Word List

FIASCO

a complete failure

The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.

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WordMeaning
bridlethe headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit
espionagethe practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company
bewitchto influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft
defectionconscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion
divineof, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god
anthropoidany of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets)
valedictionan act of bidding farewell
knolla small round hill : mound
knella stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster)
subsideto sink or fall to the bottom : settle