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 |
|---|---|
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| condole | grieve |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| realm | kingdom |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |