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 |
|---|---|
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| refurbish | to brighten or freshen up : renovate |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| atheistic | a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism |
| astral | of, relating to, or coming from the stars |