GRE Word List

MISADVENTURE

misfortune

The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.

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WordMeaning
pernicioushighly injurious or destructive : deadly
germa small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts
malingererto pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work)
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
ribaldmarked by coarseness or lewdness : crude
rationa food allowance for one day
exorciseto expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration
divestto deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title
profligatewildly extravagant
levythe imposition or collection of an assessment