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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|---|---|
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |