GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| faculty | ability |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |