GRE Word List
MELANCHOLY
gloomy; morose; blue; N. ADJ. melancholic; CF. melancholia
The meaning of the word melancholy is gloomy; morose; blue; N. ADJ. melancholic; CF. melancholia.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decorum | propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners; appropriateness of behavior or conduct |
| decorous | proper (in behavior, conduct, or appearance) |
| backslide | revert (to bad habits); N. reverter |
| taint | contaminate; cause to lose purity; modify with a trace of something bad; Ex. tainted reputation; N: stain; touch of decay or bad influence; CF. touch |
| dispense | distribute; prepare and give out (medicines); N. dispensation: dispensing; religious system; official exemption from an obligation or a rule |
| uxorious | excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife; CF. uxor: wife |
| inquisitive | eager for knowledge; unduly curious |
| perspicuous | (of something) plainly expressed; easy to understand; Ex. perspicuous comments |
| insalubrious | unwholesome; not healthful; Ex. insalubrious place |
| cumulative | growing by addition; accumulative |
