GRE Word List
KISMET
fate
The meaning of the word kismet is fate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |