GRE Word List
MISHAP
an unfortunate accident
The meaning of the word mishap is an unfortunate accident.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| indifferent | marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
| trance | stupor |