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 |
|---|---|
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| felon | one who has committed a felony |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |