GRE Word List
KISMET
fate
The meaning of the word kismet is fate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |