GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| migratory | of, relating to, or characterized by migration |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| tactful | having or showing tact |