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 |
|---|---|
| pungent | sharply painful |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |