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
boundfastened by or as if by a band : confined
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
remittancea sum of money remitted
donto put on (an article of clothing)
portlydignified
potentialexisting in possibility : capable of development into actuality
tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant
comaa state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison
strangleto choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle
perpetualcontinuing forever : everlasting