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 |
|---|---|
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| eventual | contingent |
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| anthology | a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music |