GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |