GRE Word List
MELANCHOLY
depression of spirits : dejection
The meaning of the word melancholy is depression of spirits : dejection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| portly | dignified |
| fete | festival |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |