GRE Word List

MISCHANCE

bad luck

The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.

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premonitorygiving warning
cantataa composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment
ignoblecharacterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness
behooveto be necessary, proper, or advantageous for
witticisma cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark
lancea steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry
odiousarousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful
temperheat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion
vouchsafeto grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner
jabto pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object