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 |
|---|---|
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| haggard | not tamed |
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |