GRE Word List
DISCONSOLATE
cheerless
The meaning of the word disconsolate is cheerless.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |