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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WordMeaning
evocativeevoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response
capricea sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action
exceptionablebeing likely to cause objection : objectionable
curtailto make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part
alleviaterelieve
stemthe main trunk of a plant
gazettenewspaper
substantiateto give substance or form to : embody
precedentprior in time, order, arrangement, or significance
qualifyto reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify