GRE Word List

MISADVENTURE

misfortune

The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.

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WordMeaning
specioushaving a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic
entailto impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
enfranchiseto set free (as from slavery)
indeliblethat cannot be removed, washed away, or erased
forgea furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy
affiliationthe state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc.
vortexsomething that resembles a whirlpool
routa state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat
littera covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger
malaproposin an inappropriate or inopportune way