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 |
|---|---|
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |