GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| raiment | clothing |