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 |
|---|---|
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| replenish | to fill or build up again |