GRE Word List
KISMET
fate
The meaning of the word kismet is fate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| cubicle | a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |