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 |
|---|---|
| obscure | dark |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |