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 |
|---|---|
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |