GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| violate | break |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| fell | skin |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |