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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| lunar | crescent |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |