GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |