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 |
|---|---|
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| audit | a formal examination of an organization's or individual's accounts or financial situation |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |