GRE Word List
MISHAP
an unfortunate accident
The meaning of the word mishap is an unfortunate accident.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sentinel | sentry |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |