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 |
|---|---|
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |