GRE Word List
BLUES
low spirits : melancholy
The meaning of the word blues is low spirits : melancholy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |