GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |