GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |