GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| whimsy | whim |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |