GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| premonitory | giving warning |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |