GRE Word List

MELANCHOLY

depression of spirits : dejection

The meaning of the word melancholy is depression of spirits : dejection.

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WordMeaning
liena charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law
interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
suitorone that petitions or entreats
erodeto diminish or destroy by degrees:
visionthe act or power of seeing : sight
berserkan ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable
filingan act or instance of using a file
recriminationa retaliatory accusation
ursineof or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae)
refractoryresisting control or authority : stubborn