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 |
|---|---|
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |