GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |