GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| toga | the loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient Rome |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |