GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |