GRE Word List
MISHAP
an unfortunate accident
The meaning of the word mishap is an unfortunate accident.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| laud | praise |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |