GRE Word List
MELANCHOLY
depression of spirits : dejection
The meaning of the word melancholy is depression of spirits : dejection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| decipher | decode |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| prowess | distinguished bravery |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |