GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |