GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |
| reminiscent | of the character of or relating to reminiscence |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |