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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valedictionan act of bidding farewell
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timiditylacking in courage or self-confidence
compromisesettlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
ingenuousshowing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness
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