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 |
|---|---|
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| refurbish | to brighten or freshen up : renovate |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |