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 |
|---|---|
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| devious | wandering |
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |