GRE Word List

DESPERADO

a bold or violent criminal

The meaning of the word desperado is a bold or violent criminal.

Random words

WordMeaning
dissimulateto hide under a false appearance
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
poisebalance
peddleto travel about with wares for sale
upshotthe final result : outcome
vitiateto make faulty or defective : impair
zealeagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor
irreproachablenot reproachable : blameless
scurryto move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper
navigabledeep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships