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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| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
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| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
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| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
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