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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
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| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |