GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| finery | ornament |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| grill | to broil on a grill |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |