GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| drab | slattern |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |