GRE Word List
BLEAK
exposed and barren and often windswept
The meaning of the word bleak is exposed and barren and often windswept.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| ignite | to set afire |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| maroon | a dark red |