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

WordMeaning
poseto set forth or offer for attention or consideration
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
irretrievablenot retrievable : impossible to regain or recover
caricatureexaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics
finishedentirely done
unassumingnot assuming : modest
toadyone who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant
aphasialoss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection)
incumbentthe holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice
inflateddistended with air or gas