GRE Word List
FIASCO
total failure; CF. bottle
The meaning of the word fiasco is total failure; CF. bottle.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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rusticate | banish to the country; dwell in the country |
discernible | distinguishable; perceivable; Ex. discernible improvement |
incinerate | burn to ashes |
quotidian | daily; commonplace; customary; Ex. quotidian routine |
engage | attract; employ; hire; pledge oneself; confront; fight; enter into confliction; interlock; lock together; participate; N. engagement: agreement to marry; arrangement to meet someone or to do something; battle |
bicker | quarrel |
trample | step heavily with the feet; crush under the feet |
swagger | walk or behave with an over-confident manner |
hazardous | dangerous |
revert | relapse; backslide; turn back to; return to the former owner; N. reversion |