GRE Word List
DESPONDENT
feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression
The meaning of the word despondent is feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| reek | smoke |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |
| coin | corner |
| trenchant | keen |