GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |