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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WordMeaning
eloquencediscourse marked by force and persuasiveness
espionagethe practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company
accommodateto provide with something desired, needed, or suited
generalitythe quality or state of being general
salaciousarousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination
foresightan act or the power of foreseeing : prescience
vagabonda person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
memorializeto address or petition by a memorial
constraintthe act of constraining