GRE Word List
DISCONSOLATE
cheerless
The meaning of the word disconsolate is cheerless.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| overweening | arrogant |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| 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) |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |