GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| ecologist | a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments |
| blanch | to take the color out of |