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 |
|---|---|
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| plane | airplane |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| blush | outward appearance : view |