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 |
|---|---|
| betray | to lead astray |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |