GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| recast | to cast again |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| exuberance | the quality or state of being exuberant |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |