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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WordMeaning
ferociousexhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality
revertto come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject)
earnto receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered
compulsivehaving power to compel
requiema mass for the dead
resoundto become filled with sound : reverberate
appreciateto grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of
subsumeto include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element
doffto remove (an article of wear) from the body
insurrectionan act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government