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 |
|---|---|
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |