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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| comport | to be fitting : accord |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |