GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| grudging | unwilling |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |