GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |