GRE Word List
DISCONSOLATE
cheerless
The meaning of the word disconsolate is cheerless.
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| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |
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| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |