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
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rank | relative standing or position |
reminiscent | of the character of or relating to reminiscence |
flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
crass | gross |