adversity

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The Word of the Day for November 28 is: 

adversity   \ad-VER-suh-tee\   noun
     : a state, condition, or instance of serious or continued difficulty or 
adverse fortune

Example sentence:
           The movie is about a group of determined mountain climbers who 
triumph in the face of adversity.

Did you know?
           "Adversity," "mischance," "misfortune," and "mishap" all suggest 
difficulty of one sort or another. "Adversity" particularly applies to a state 
of grave or persistent misfortune (as in "a childhood marked by great 
adversity"). "Mishap" suggests an often trivial instance of bad luck (as in 
"the usual mishaps of a family vacation"). "Misfortune" is the most common and 
the most general of the terms, often functioning as a simple synonym of "bad 
luck" (as in "They had the misfortune to get a flat tire on the way to their 
wedding"). "Mischance" applies especially to a situation involving no more than 
slight inconvenience or minor annoyance (as in "Some small mischance befell 
us").  





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