GRE Word List

KISMET

fate

The meaning of the word kismet is fate.

Random words

WordMeaning
skinflinta person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser
charany of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots
pendantsomething suspended: such as
pillagethe act of looting or plundering especially in war
vilemorally despicable or abhorrent
palatethe roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate
tauthaving no give or slack : tightly drawn
cosmicof or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone
inveterateconfirmed in a habit : habitual
passiveacted upon by an external agency