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 |
|---|---|
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |