GRE Word List

SPARSE

of few and scattered elements

The meaning of the word sparse is of few and scattered elements.

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instigateto goad or urge forward : provoke
conclavea private meeting or secret assembly
cuisinemanner of preparing food : style of cooking
rubblebroken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building
remorsea gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach
uxoriousexcessively fond of or submissive to a wife
imputeto lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly
carata unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy
archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
giddydizzy