GRE Word List

DESPERATE

having lost hope

The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.

Random words

WordMeaning
cruxa puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question
alimentaryof or relating to nourishment or nutrition
backslideto lapse morally or in the practice of religion
acousticsa science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound
gruelingtrying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing
gibeto utter taunting words
hereafterafter this in sequence or in time
plummetto fall perpendicularly
bastiona projecting part of a fortification
offhandwithout premeditation or preparation : extempore