GRE Word List
FIASCO
a complete failure
The meaning of the word fiasco is a complete failure.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |
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| exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
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| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |