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 |
|---|---|
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| flighty | swift |
| concur | to express agreement |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |