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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| impuissance | weakness |
| arid | excessively dry |