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 |
|---|---|
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |
| 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 |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |