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 |
|---|---|
| vendetta | blood feud |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| convoluted | having convolutions |