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 |
|---|---|
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |