GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aver | to declare positively |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| sportive | frolicsome |