GRE Word List
DISCONSOLATE
cheerless
The meaning of the word disconsolate is cheerless.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| encumber | weigh down |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |