GRE Word List
DISHEARTEN
to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale
The meaning of the word dishearten is to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |