GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost all hope; despairing; reckless and violent because of loss of hope or despair; undertaken as a last resort
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost all hope; despairing; reckless and violent because of loss of hope or despair; undertaken as a last resort.
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