GRE Word List

MISADVENTURE

misfortune

The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.

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WordMeaning
pertsaucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured
exonerateto relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship
preyan animal taken by a predator as food
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repugnancethe quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent
ascertainto find out or learn with certainty
arablefit for or used for the growing of crops
discomposeto destroy the composure of
piebaldcomposed of incongruous parts
timbrethe quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as