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.
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| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
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| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
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