GRE Word List

FIASCO

a complete failure

The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.

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cursiverunning
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predilectionan established preference for something
pellucidadmitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion
magnanimitythe quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity
pastoralof, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
kneadto work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands