GRE Word List
DOLDRUMS
a spell of listlessness or despondency
The meaning of the word doldrums is a spell of listlessness or despondency.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| indite | make up |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| recast | to cast again |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |