GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| limp | to walk lamely |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| portly | dignified |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |