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
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ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
retrench | cut down |
quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |