GRE Word List

MISHAP

an unfortunate accident

The meaning of the word mishap is an unfortunate accident.

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WordMeaning
extrapolationto predict by projecting past experience or known data
concomitantaccompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way
scrapsfragments of discarded or leftover food
suspendto debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function
dexterousmentally adroit and skillful : clever
temporalof or relating to time as opposed to eternity
demisedeath
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
idlenot occupied or employed: such as
tribunea Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates