GRE Word List
MELANCHOLY
depression of spirits : dejection
The meaning of the word melancholy is depression of spirits : dejection.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| rightful | just |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |