GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| hubbub | noise |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |