GRE Word List

DISCONSOLATE

cheerless

The meaning of the word disconsolate is cheerless.

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WordMeaning
blisscomplete happiness
ironythe use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
rendto remove from place by violence : wrest
profusionlavish expenditure : extravagance
medleya musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces
anachronisman error in chronology
ambleto go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter
proselytizeto induce someone to convert to one's faith
pineany of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals
discriminatingmaking a distinction : distinguishing