GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| meander | a winding path or course |