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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| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
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| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
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| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
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