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 |
|---|---|
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| juncture | a point of time |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |