GRE Word List
MISHAP
an unfortunate accident
The meaning of the word mishap is an unfortunate accident.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |