GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| contrive | devise |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| passe | past one's prime |