GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
congruent | congruous |
notch | a V-shaped indentation |
supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |