GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |