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

WordMeaning
dilettantea person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler
flayto strip off the skin or surface of : skin
tableta flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription
sphinx-likeenigmatic; mysterious
carefreefree from care: such as
pathologicalof or relating to pathology
quaintpleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar
comestibleedible
oracularresembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery)
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)