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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apiaristbeekeeper
erodeto diminish or destroy by degrees:
mammothany of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair
incapacitateto deprive of capacity or natural power : disable
synthesisthe composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole
provincialthe superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order
hierarchya division of angels
plummetto fall perpendicularly
stolidhaving or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional
flitto pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another