GRE Word List

MISADVENTURE

misfortune

The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.

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WordMeaning
swarma great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere
assimilateto take into the mind and thoroughly understand
dispenseto divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions
numismatistthe study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals)
recidivisma tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior
ineffableincapable of being expressed in words : indescribable
injuriousinflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental
fervorintensity of feeling or expression
overtopen to view : manifest
frenziedfeeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance