GRE Word List
MISHAP
an unfortunate accident
The meaning of the word mishap is an unfortunate accident.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| vertebrate | any 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 |
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| swill | wash |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |