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 |
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| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |