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 |
|---|---|
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| championship | designation as champion |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |