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 |
|---|---|
| demise | death |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| homespun | spun or made at home |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |