GRE Word List
DESULTORY
marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose
The meaning of the word desultory is marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| trappings | outward signs |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
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| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |