GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |