GRE Word List

MISADVENTURE

misfortune

The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.

Random words

WordMeaning
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
whineto utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry
facetany of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration)
profligatewildly extravagant
aberrantdeviating from the usual or natural type : atypical
misapprehensionto apprehend wrongly : misunderstand
dissentto withhold assent or approval
requiema mass for the dead
downcastlow in spirit : dejected
agrarianof or relating to fields or lands or their tenure