GRE Word List

MISCHANCE

bad luck

The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.

Random words

WordMeaning
seinea large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore
berateto scold or condemn vehemently and at length
equilibriuma state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise
exactingtryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands
equablemarked by lack of variation or change : uniform
shunto avoid deliberately and especially habitually
detachedstanding by itself : separate
somberso shaded as to be dark and gloomy
pretendto give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing
syntheticrelating to or involving synthesis : not analytic