GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |