GRE Word List
BLUES
low spirits : melancholy
The meaning of the word blues is low spirits : melancholy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |