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 |
|---|---|
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| aptitude | inclination |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| frail | easily led into evil |