GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| obese | having excessive body fat |