GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| laud | praise |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |