GRE Word List
MISHAP
an unfortunate accident
The meaning of the word mishap is an unfortunate accident.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |