GRE Word List
DEFEATIST
an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat
The meaning of the word defeatist is an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat.
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| champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |
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| redress | to set right : remedy |
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| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
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| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| prank | trick |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |