GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| noisome | noxious |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| license | permission to act |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |