GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| circlet | a little circle |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| sublimate | sublime |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |