GRE Word List

BLUES

low spirits : melancholy

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

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pervertto cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt
tolla tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge)
moltto shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically
innocuousproducing no injury : harmless
saturnineborn under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn
volatilecharacterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change
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propheticof, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
orthographythe art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage
checkeredmarked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials