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 |
|---|---|
| stock | a store or supply accumulated or available |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |
| entity | being |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |