GRE Word List
MISCHANCE
bad luck
The meaning of the word mischance is bad luck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| verge | brink |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| marshal | a high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |