GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |