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 |
|---|---|
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| duration | continuance in time |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |