GRE Word List
MISHAP
an unfortunate accident
The meaning of the word mishap is an unfortunate accident.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| disclose | to make known or public |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |