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 |
|---|---|
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| overweening | arrogant |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
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