GRE Word List
DOLDRUMS
a spell of listlessness or despondency
The meaning of the word doldrums is a spell of listlessness or despondency.
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| inclusive | broad in orientation or scope |
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| nomenclature | name |
| malediction | curse |
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| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |