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 |
|---|---|
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| whittle | a large knife |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| benison | blessing |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |