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GRE Word List - 84

1. desert - To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned

2. desiccant - Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds.

3. designate - To select or appoint, as by authority.

4. desist - To cease from action.

5. desistance - Cessation.

6. despair - Utter hopelessness and despondency.

7. desperado - One without regard for law or life.

8. desperate - Resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair.

9. despicable - Contemptible.

10. despite prep. In spite of. -

11. despond - To lose spirit, courage, or hope.

12. despondent - Disheartened.

13. despot - An absolute and irresponsible monarch.

14. despotism - Any severe and strict rule in which the judgment of the governed has little or no part.

15. destitute - Poverty-stricken.

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