GRE Word List

MISCHANCE

bad luck

The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.

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WordMeaning
vertigoa sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily
subservientuseful in an inferior capacity : subordinate
relinquishto withdraw or retreat from : leave behind
mortara sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
colloquyconversation
abateto decrease in force or intensity
floweryof, relating to, or resembling flowers
genusa class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic
evenhandedfair