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 |
|---|---|
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| abnegation | denial |
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| inequity | injustice |
| invalid | not valid: |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |