GRE Word List
MISHAP
an unfortunate accident
The meaning of the word mishap is an unfortunate accident.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |