GRE Word List
DESERTS
arid land with usually sparse vegetation
The meaning of the word deserts is arid land with usually sparse vegetation.
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|---|---|
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| farce | stuff |
| fauna | animal life |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
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| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |