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 |
|---|---|
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| clime | climate |
| squabble | a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| unruly | not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |