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 |
|---|---|
| daunt | intimidate; frighten; discourage; dishearten |
| adage | wise saying; proverb |
| bruise | injure without breaking the skin; N. |
| blight | plant disease; V: infect with blight; ruin; destroy |
| accede | agree |
| deserts | what someone deserves |
| irony | hidden sarcasm or satire; use of words that seem to mean the opposite of what they actually mean; use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning |
| crone | hag; ugly old woman |
| expenditure | payment or expense; expending; something expended; output; Ex. receipt for the expenditure; Ex. expenditure of all the energy |
| decipher | decode; CF. indecipherable |