GRE Word List

MISADVENTURE

misfortune

The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.

Random words

WordMeaning
insalubriousnot conducive to health : unwholesome
bedizento dress or adorn gaudily
caricatureexaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics
basethe bottom of something considered as its support : foundation
hideousoffensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly
touchingcapable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion
grovelto creep with the face to the ground : crawl
sleekslick
intelligentsiaintellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite
opportunesuitable or convenient for a particular occurrence