GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flux | a flowing of fluid from the body: such as |
| bevy | a large group or collection |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| artisan | a worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |