GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
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|---|---|
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| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
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| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
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