GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
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| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |