GRE Word List
MISCHIEF
behavior (of children) causing trouble with no serious harm; damage; harm; Ex. mischief to the crops; ADJ. mischievous: causing mischief; playfully troublesome
The meaning of the word mischief is behavior (of children) causing trouble with no serious harm; damage; harm; Ex. mischief to the crops; ADJ. mischievous: causing mischief; playfully troublesome.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| proximity | nearness; ADJ. proximate |
| gratuitous | given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for; done without good reason; Ex. gratuitous comment |
| squabble | minor quarrel; bickering; V: engage in a minor quarrel; Ex. squabbling children |
| cringe | shrink back as if in fear; cower |
| yield | amount produced; crop; income on investment; profit obtained from an investment; V: produce; give in; surrender |
| thermal | pertaining to heat; producing heat; warm; Ex. thermal bath; N: rising current of warm air |
| brag | boast |
| sibylline | prophetic; oracular; N. sibyl: woman prophet (in the ancient world) |
| falsify | make (something written) false by changing |
| soar | rise or fly high in the air; Ex. The rocket soared into the sky. |
