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 |
|---|---|
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| tablet | a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| carefree | free from care: such as |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| comestible | edible |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |