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 |
|---|---|
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |