GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |
| juridical | of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| freebooter | pirate |
| toga | the loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient Rome |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |