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 |
|---|---|
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |