GRE Word List

FIASCO

a complete failure

The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.

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archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
purgatoryan intermediate state after death for expiatory purification
nubileof marriageable condition or age
pinnacea light sailing ship
epitheta characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing
teneta principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true
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