GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |