GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| doddering | feeble |
| headlong | headfirst |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| vixen | a female fox |