GRE Word List
MELANCHOLY
depression of spirits : dejection
The meaning of the word melancholy is depression of spirits : dejection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| quorum | a select group |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |