GRE Word List
MELANCHOLY
depression of spirits : dejection
The meaning of the word melancholy is depression of spirits : dejection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| devious | wandering |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| microcosm | a little world |