GRE Word List
MELANCHOLY
depression of spirits : dejection
The meaning of the word melancholy is depression of spirits : dejection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| impending | occurring or likely to occur soon : upcoming |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
