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 |
|---|---|
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
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