GRE Word List

MISCHANCE

bad luck

The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.

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WordMeaning
ambleto go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter
genusa class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic
malleablecapable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers
remunerativeserving to remunerate
vacillateto waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses
dissectionthe act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected
psychosisa serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
spectruma continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order
salientmoving by leaps or springs : jumping
capaciouscontaining or capable of containing a great deal