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 |
|---|---|
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
| incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |