GRE Word List
DESPERADO
a bold or violent criminal
The meaning of the word desperado is a bold or violent criminal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |