GRE Word List
MELANCHOLY
depression of spirits : dejection
The meaning of the word melancholy is depression of spirits : dejection.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| diadem | crown |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |