GRE Word List
BLUES
low spirits : melancholy
The meaning of the word blues is low spirits : melancholy.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |