GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |