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 |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| delve | excavate |
| filial | of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |