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 |
|---|---|
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |