GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| entity | being |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| chivalrous | valiant |