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 |
|---|---|
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |