GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| fabricate | invent |
| galaxy | milky way galaxy |
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| festive | of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival |