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 |
|---|---|
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |