GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |