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 |
|---|---|
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| appease | pacify |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |