GRE Word List

MISHAP

an unfortunate accident

The meaning of the word mishap is an unfortunate accident.

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WordMeaning
prosperto succeed in an enterprise or activity
rotethe use of memory usually with little intelligence
sterilefailing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores
metaphora 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)
dabbleto work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest
indifferentmarked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic
inimitablenot capable of being imitated : matchless
tribunea Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates
fictitiousof, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary
trancestupor