GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fuddle | booze |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |
| indite | make up |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| adept | thoroughly proficient : expert |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |