GRE Word List
BLEAK
exposed and barren and often windswept
The meaning of the word bleak is exposed and barren and often windswept.
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| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
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| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
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