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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decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of
suffuseto spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush
poreto gaze intently
yeomanan attendant or officer in a royal or noble household
sterilefailing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores
fermentationthe enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity
recalcitrantobstinately defiant of authority or restraint
noosea loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn
feintsomething feigned
nauticalof, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships