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 |
|---|---|
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |