GRE Word List

DISCONSOLATE

cheerless

The meaning of the word disconsolate is cheerless.

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ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
equityjustice according to natural law or right
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glazeto furnish or fit with glass
inamorataa woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations
superciliouscoolly and patronizingly haughty
interregnumthe time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes
blurtto utter abruptly and impulsively
chaffthe seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain
manumitto release from slavery