GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| encumber | weigh down |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |