GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |