GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |