GRE Word List
MELANCHOLY
depression of spirits : dejection
The meaning of the word melancholy is depression of spirits : dejection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |