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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| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| progeny | descendants |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| wanton | merciless |
| regime | regimen |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |