GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| historic | historical |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| condole | grieve |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| swarthy | of a dark color, complexion, or cast |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |