GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| sublimate | sublime |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |