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 |
|---|---|
| kismet | fate |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |
| headlong | headfirst |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| equitable | having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |