GRE Word List

MISHAP

an unfortunate accident

The meaning of the word mishap is an unfortunate accident.

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lamentto mourn aloud : wail
complacencyself-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies
forumthe marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business
invincibleincapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
indignationanger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean
accrueto come into existence as a legally enforceable claim
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egoisma doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action
vernacularusing a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language