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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|---|---|
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
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| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
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