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 |
|---|---|
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| gale | a strong current of air: |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| effusion | an act of effusing |