GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |