GRE Word List
DOWNCAST
low in spirit : dejected
The meaning of the word downcast is low in spirit : dejected.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |