GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |