GRE Word List
MELANCHOLY
depression of spirits : dejection
The meaning of the word melancholy is depression of spirits : dejection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| poise | balance |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |