GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |