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 |
|---|---|
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| retribution | recompense |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |