GRE Word List
MELANCHOLY
depression of spirits : dejection
The meaning of the word melancholy is depression of spirits : dejection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |