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 |
|---|---|
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |