GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |