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 |
|---|---|
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| finished | entirely done |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |