GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| psychopathic | of, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| sublimate | sublime |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |