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 |
|---|---|
| agenda | a list or outline of things to be considered or done |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| chancellor | the secretary of a nobleman, prince, or king |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |