GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| exhume | disinter |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| savor | the taste or smell of something |
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |