GRE Word List

MISADVENTURE

misfortune

The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.

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WordMeaning
reciteto repeat from memory or read aloud publicly
torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
combustiblecapable of combustion
rationalean explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena
minutethe 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds
apathylack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness
sonneta fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme
flagrantconspicuously offensive
shearto cut off the hair from
disburseto pay out : expend especially from a fund