GRE Word List

MISCHANCE

bad luck

The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.

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WordMeaning
intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference
weirdof strange or extraordinary character : odd
arrhythmiclacking rhythm or regularity
renderto melt down
plenitudethe quality or state of being full : completeness
divestto deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
pivotalof, relating to, or constituting a pivot
reprimanda severe or formal reproof
feeblemindedimpaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability