GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| paradigm | example |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |