GRE Word List

DESPERATE

having lost hope

The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.

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factotuma person having many diverse activities or responsibilities
abstrusedifficult to comprehend : recondite
esotericdesigned for or understood by the specially initiated alone
vantagea position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view
interregnumthe time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes
transcendentexceeding usual limits : surpassing
somnambulistan abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed
skeptican adherent or advocate of skepticism
coddleto cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point
raila bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier