GRE Word List
BLUES
low spirits : melancholy
The meaning of the word blues is low spirits : melancholy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| billow | wave |
| paramour | lover |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |
| rendition | the act or result of rendering something: such as |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |