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 |
|---|---|
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| circlet | a little circle |