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.

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WordMeaning
dementedmad
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
rendezvousa place appointed for assembling or meeting
temperheat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion
sedentarynot migratory : settled
sagaa prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland
martyra person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
earmarka mark of identification on the ear of an animal
foreshadowto represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure
spinto draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread