GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| medium | something in a middle position |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |