GRE Word List
DESERTS
arid land with usually sparse vegetation
The meaning of the word deserts is arid land with usually sparse vegetation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |