GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| braid | to make from braids |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |