GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| dull | tedious |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| chassis | the supporting frame of a structure (such as an automobile or television) |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |