GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |