GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| opus | work |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |