GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |