GRE Word List
MISHAP
an unfortunate accident
The meaning of the word mishap is an unfortunate accident.
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| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
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| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| equity | justice according to natural law or right |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
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| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
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