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

WordMeaning
fineryornament
glamoran exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness
estimablecapable of being estimated
oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances
compensatoryto be equivalent to : counterbalance
proliferateto grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring
diluteattenuate
bawdyboisterously or humorously indecent
ennuia feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom
tarnishto dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil