GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| resign | relegate |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| reverberate | reflect |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| endue | provide |