GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| demise | death |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |