GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
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|---|---|
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
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| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
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| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |