GRE Word List

BLUES

low spirits : melancholy

The meaning of the word blues is low spirits : melancholy.

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sheerunqualified
detrimentalobviously harmful : damaging
slighthaving a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body
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rhetoricthe art of speaking or writing effectively: such as
imposturethe act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name
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nettleany of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs
parallelismthe quality or state of being parallel
narrativesomething that is narrated : story