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 |
|---|---|
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| arroyo | a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| brazen | made of brass |