GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
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| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
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| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
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| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
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