GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| haggard | not tamed |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |