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 |
|---|---|
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |