GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| hue | overall character or appearance to the mind : complexion |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |