GRE Word List
MISHAP
an unfortunate accident
The meaning of the word mishap is an unfortunate accident.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| application | an act of applying: |