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 |
|---|---|
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| cursive | running |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |