GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| crass | gross |
| engender | beget |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |