GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| pugilist | fighter |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| nautical | of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships |
| mat | a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| cipher | zero |