GRE Word List
MISCONDUCT
mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities
The meaning of the word misconduct is mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| whimsy | whim |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| nautical | of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |