GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |