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 |
|---|---|
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| query | question |
| brawny | muscular |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |