GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| fiend | devil |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |