GRE Word List
BLUES
low spirits : melancholy
The meaning of the word blues is low spirits : melancholy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold : rash |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |