GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |