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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WordMeaning
comatoseof, resembling, or affected with coma
imperativenot to be avoided or evaded : necessary
vergebrink
sagaciousof keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning
peremptoryputting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
invidiousof an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious
negligibleso small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling
impaleto pierce with or as if with something pointed
lunaticaffected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane