GRE Word List
KISMET
fate
The meaning of the word kismet is fate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| abnegation | denial |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |