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 |
|---|---|
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |