GRE Word List
CRESTFALLEN
having a drooping crest or hanging head
The meaning of the word crestfallen is having a drooping crest or hanging head.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| fete | festival |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |