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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pedigreea register recording a line of ancestors
psychicof or relating to the psyche : psychogenic
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boundfastened by or as if by a band : confined
leave-takingdeparture
damnto condemn to a punishment or fate
corrodeto eat away by degrees as if by gnawing
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