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 |
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raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
retract | to draw back or in |
impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
diadem | crown |
juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |