GRE Word List
MELANCHOLY
depression of spirits : dejection
The meaning of the word melancholy is depression of spirits : dejection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| flounder | flatfish |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |