GRE Word List
MOODINESS
subject to depression : gloomy
The meaning of the word moodiness is subject to depression : gloomy.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| diabolical | of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish |
| bog | wet spongy ground |