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
engagingtending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive
stolidhaving or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional
quellto thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity
capacitylegal competency (see competence
gauntexcessively thin and angular
covenanta usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact
shootto eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger)
infamoushaving a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil
discernibleable to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned
migratoryof, relating to, or characterized by migration