GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| connoisseur | expert |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| ignite | to set afire |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |