GRE Word List
MISADVENTURE
misfortune
The meaning of the word misadventure is misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |