GRE Word List
DESOLATE
devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted
The meaning of the word desolate is devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
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