GRE Word List
MISHAP
an unfortunate accident
The meaning of the word mishap is an unfortunate accident.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| calculated | apt |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| drab | slattern |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| reverberate | reflect |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |