GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |