GRE Word List

DESPONDENT

feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression

The meaning of the word despondent is feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression.

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WordMeaning
inflateddistended with air or gas
paraphrasea restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form
exemptfree or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
comportto be fitting : accord
outcastone that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah
vauntedhighly or widely praised or boasted about
apathylack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness
trekto make one's way arduously
passiveacted upon by an external agency