GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |