GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| indisputable | not disputable : unquestionable |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |