GRE Word List
DESOLATE
devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted
The meaning of the word desolate is devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted.
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| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| demerit | offense |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| apoplexy | stroke |