GRE Word List

MISHAP

an unfortunate accident

The meaning of the word mishap is an unfortunate accident.

Random words

WordMeaning
pietythe quality or state of being pious: such as
whimsywhim
knitto form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles
intolerantunable or unwilling to endure
lunarcrescent
arcadea long arched building or gallery
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
lanknot well filled out : slender
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
protrudeto jut out from the surrounding surface or context