GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| effete | no longer fertile |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| vapid | lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |