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 |
|---|---|
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| brook | creek |