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 |
|---|---|
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| delirium | an acute (see acute |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |