GRE Word List
MELANCHOLY
depression of spirits : dejection
The meaning of the word melancholy is depression of spirits : dejection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| influx | a coming in |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |