GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |