GRE Word List
DESPERATE
having lost hope
The meaning of the word desperate is having lost hope.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| weather | the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |