GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| sentinel | sentry |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |