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 |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| exploit | deed |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| provenance | origin |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| contest | strive |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |