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 |
|---|---|
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| shambles | a meat market |
| aver | to declare positively |
| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |