GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| amity | friendship |
| faculty | ability |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| implode | to burst inward |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |