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 |
|---|---|
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
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| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |