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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sober | not intoxicated |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |