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 |
|---|---|
| distend | extend |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| condole | grieve |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |