GRE Word List

LANGUOR

weakness or weariness of body or mind

The meaning of the word languor is weakness or weariness of body or mind.

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recitala detailed account : enumeration
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
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browbeatto intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully
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isthmusa narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
archaichaving the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses