GRE Word List

DESPERATE

having lost hope

The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.

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inklinga slight knowledge or vague notion
overweeningarrogant
rigto fit out with rigging
nonsensewords or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas
pliablesupple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking
underscoreto draw a line under : underline
centrifugea machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects
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scalean instrument or machine for weighing