GRE Word List
MELANCHOLY
depression of spirits : dejection
The meaning of the word melancholy is depression of spirits : dejection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| limp | to walk lamely |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |