GRE Word List
DISCONSOLATE
cheerless
The meaning of the word disconsolate is cheerless.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
scotch | scottish |
precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
forebears | ancestor |
latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |