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 |
|---|---|
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| influx | a coming in |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |