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 |
|---|---|
| shambles | a meat market |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| countenance | look |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| bevy | a large group or collection |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |