GRE Word List
DESOLATE
make desolate; forsake; abandon and desert
The meaning of the word desolate is make desolate; forsake; abandon and desert.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incumbent | obligatory; imposed as an obligation; currently holding an office; N: person who holds an office |
| anemia | condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; ADJ. anemic |
| crossbreed | hybridize; N: hybrid; CF. interbreed; CF. inbreed |
| encumber | burden; N. encumbrance |
| frieze | ornamental horizontal band on a wall |
| rostrum | raised platform for speech-making; pulpit |
| pragmatist | practical person; N. pragmatism: pragmatic way of dealing with things |
| traverse | go through or across |
| oatmeal | crushed oats used for making porridge |
| profane | violate; desecrate (something holy); treat unworthily; be profane for; ADJ: secular; nonreligious; irreverent for holy things |
