GRE Word List
BLEAK
cold or cheerless; frigid; unlikely to be favorable; depressing
The meaning of the word bleak is cold or cheerless; frigid; unlikely to be favorable; depressing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cunning | clever in deceiving; sly; N: cleverness in deceiving; deceit |
| ecstasy | rapture; very strong feeling of joy and happiness; any overpowering emotion; ADJ. ecstatic: causing or experiencing ecstasy |
| ubiquitous | being everywhere; omnipresent; N. ubiquity |
| provisional | tentative; temporary |
| far-fetched | too improbable to be believed; implausible; Ex. far-fetched story |
| protuberance | protrusion; swelling; bulge |
| fluency | smoothness of speech; ADJ. fluent |
| headstrong | willful; stubborn; unyielding; determined to have one's own way; CF. no 'excessive' |
| macabre | gruesome; grisly; ghastly; CF. of death |
| vain | full of self-admiration; conceited; without result; unsuccessful; N. vanity |
