GRE Word List
BLUES
low spirits : melancholy
The meaning of the word blues is low spirits : melancholy.
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| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
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| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |