GRE Word List
BLUES
low spirits : melancholy
The meaning of the word blues is low spirits : melancholy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |