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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
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