GRE Word List
KISMET
fate
The meaning of the word kismet is fate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |