GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |