GRE Word List

MISHAP

an unfortunate accident

The meaning of the word mishap is an unfortunate accident.

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exceptionablebeing likely to cause objection : objectionable
jurisdictionthe power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
singularof or relating to a separate person or thing : individual
parameteran arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves)
legislaturea body of persons having the power to legislate
slipshodwearing loose shoes or slippers
quislingtraitor
ethnicof or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background
palatialof, relating to, or being a palace
jabto pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object