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 |
|---|---|
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| scourge | whip |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |