GRE Word List
MISCHIEF
a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent
The meaning of the word mischief is a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| diadem | crown |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |