GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spare | not being used |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| flag | any of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |