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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| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| delineate | to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail |
| enhance | heighten |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
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| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |