GRE Word List
MELANCHOLY
depression of spirits : dejection
The meaning of the word melancholy is depression of spirits : dejection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| psychic | of or relating to the psyche : psychogenic |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |