GRE Word List
DISPIRITED
to deprive of morale or enthusiasm
The meaning of the word dispirited is to deprive of morale or enthusiasm.
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| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
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| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |