GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |