GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
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|---|---|
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| championship | designation as champion |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |