GRE Word List
MISHAP
an unfortunate accident
The meaning of the word mishap is an unfortunate accident.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |