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 |
|---|---|
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| ventriloquist | one who uses or is skilled in ventriloquism |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| erotic | of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| psyche | a princess loved by Cupid |