GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |