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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|---|---|
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
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| indite | make up |
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| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| nourishment | food |
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| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |