GRE Word List

BLUES

low spirits : melancholy

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

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epicureone with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine
decreean order usually having the force of law
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exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain