GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| boor | peasant |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |