GRE Word List

MISADVENTURE

misfortune

The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.

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WordMeaning
averto declare positively
ingenuousshowing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness
hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
charismaa personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader)
consummateextremely skilled and accomplished
hoarygray or white with or as if with age
penancean act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification
invocationthe act or process of petitioning for help or support
soporificcausing or tending to cause sleep
sportivefrolicsome