GRE Word List
LACKADAISICAL
lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid
The meaning of the word lackadaisical is lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |