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 |
|---|---|
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |