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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |