GRE Word List
MELANCHOLY
depression of spirits : dejection
The meaning of the word melancholy is depression of spirits : dejection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |