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 |
|---|---|
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| institution | an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |