GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| convene | to come together in a body |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| fleck | streak |
| desiccate | to dry up |