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 |
|---|---|
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| provenance | origin |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| congenial | pleasant |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| demographic | the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets |