GRE Word List
BLUES
low spirits : melancholy
The meaning of the word blues is low spirits : melancholy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |