GRE Word List
KISMET
fate
The meaning of the word kismet is fate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| converse | to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk |