GRE Word List
DESPERADO
a bold or violent criminal
The meaning of the word desperado is a bold or violent criminal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| environ | encircle |