GRE Word List
MISHAP
an unfortunate accident
The meaning of the word mishap is an unfortunate accident.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |