GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
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| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
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| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
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