GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |