GRE Word List
MISHAP
an unfortunate accident
The meaning of the word mishap is an unfortunate accident.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |