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 |
|---|---|
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| refrain | curb |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |