GRE Word List
DESPERADO
a bold or violent criminal
The meaning of the word desperado is a bold or violent criminal.
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| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
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| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
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| constraint | the act of constraining |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
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