GRE Word List
MISHAP
an unfortunate accident
The meaning of the word mishap is an unfortunate accident.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| quisling | traitor |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |