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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| quench | put out |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |