GRE Word List

KISMET

fate

The meaning of the word kismet is fate.

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WordMeaning
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
bombastpretentious inflated speech or writing
wiltloose freshness; droop
jingoistextreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy
miserlyof, relating to, or characteristic of a miser
painstakingtaking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort
recoursea turning to someone or something for help or protection
unprecedentedhaving no precedent : novel
susceptiblecapable of submitting to an action, process, or operation
axioma statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate