GRE Word List

DESPERATE

having lost hope

The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.

Random words

WordMeaning
maroona dark red
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
compliantready or disposed to comply : submissive
sterilefailing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores
theocracygovernment of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided
capillaryresembling a hair especially in slender elongated form
mingleto bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix
baitto persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks
imbibedrink
brocadea rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver