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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WordMeaning
dissimulateto hide under a false appearance
endemicbelonging or native to a particular people or country
cankeran erosive or spreading sore
amoralhaving or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong
antlerone of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family
torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
bombasticmarked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous
quaintpleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar
reverendworthy of reverence : revered
retainto keep in possession or use