GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| foppish | foolish |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |