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 |
|---|---|
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| refurbish | to brighten or freshen up : renovate |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| quench | put out |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |