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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| declivity | downward inclination |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| headlong | headfirst |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |