GRE Word List
BLUES
low spirits : melancholy
The meaning of the word blues is low spirits : melancholy.
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| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
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| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |