GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |