colleague
2 uses
He sat down at the table with his colleague again.
colleague = fellow worker
Definition
Generally colleague means:fellow worker — especially in a respected profession such as teaching, medicine, or law
Word Statistics
| Book | 2 uses |
| Library | 21 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 1000 |
despair
1 use
1 —1 use as in:
she felt despair
He was in despair.
despair = hopelessness
Definition
Generally this sense of despair means:hopelessness; or distress (such as extreme worry or sadness from feeling powerless to change a bad situation)
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 8 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 1000 |