adversity

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The Word of the Day for November 28 is:=20

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

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

Did you know?
           "Adversity," "mischance," "misfortune," and "mishap" all sugg=
est 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 anno=
yance (as in "Some small mischance befell us"). =20





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