GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| ample | generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity |
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |