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 |
|---|---|
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| pander | to act as a pander |
| coin | corner |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |