GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |