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 |
|---|---|
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| gravity | dignity or sobriety of bearing |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |