GRE Word List
DOLDRUMS
a spell of listlessness or despondency
The meaning of the word doldrums is a spell of listlessness or despondency.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| preeminent | having paramount rank, dignity, or importance : outstanding |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |