GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |