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 |
|---|---|
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| quisling | traitor |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| swill | wash |