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 |
|---|---|
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| sanction | a formal decree |