GRE Word List
BLUES
low spirits : melancholy
The meaning of the word blues is low spirits : melancholy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |