GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |