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 |
|---|---|
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |