GRE Word List
KISMET
fate
The meaning of the word kismet is fate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |
| migratory | of, relating to, or characterized by migration |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |