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 |
|---|---|
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| peerless | matchless |