GRE Word List

KISMET

fate

The meaning of the word kismet is fate.

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WordMeaning
collaborateto work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor
chisela metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal)
noveltysomething new or unusual
convolutedhaving convolutions
vestigea trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost
titillateto excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation
admonishto indicate duties or obligations to
relishcharacteristic flavor
liquidateto determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts)
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language