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 |
|---|---|
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| zephyr | a breeze from the west |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |