GRE Word List
MISHAP
an unfortunate accident
The meaning of the word mishap is an unfortunate accident.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| politic | political |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| colloquy | conversation |