GRE Word List
BLUES
low spirits : melancholy
The meaning of the word blues is low spirits : melancholy.
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| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
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| countenance | look |
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