GRE Word List
MELANCHOLY
depression of spirits : dejection
The meaning of the word melancholy is depression of spirits : dejection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| violate | break |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |