GRE Word List
MISHAP
an unfortunate accident
The meaning of the word mishap is an unfortunate accident.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| premonitory | giving warning |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |
| environ | encircle |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |