GRE Word List

DOWNCAST

low in spirit : dejected

The meaning of the word downcast is low in spirit : dejected.

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WordMeaning
accordto grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned
rueto feel penitence, remorse, or regret for
restivestubbornly resisting control : balky
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
exhilaratingcausing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling
actuateto put into mechanical action or motion
palpitateto beat rapidly and strongly : throb
causticcapable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive
sallowany of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark
feralof, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast