GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |