GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |