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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| occident | west |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |