GRE Word List
SPARSE
of few and scattered elements
The meaning of the word sparse is of few and scattered elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| sonic | utilizing, produced by, or relating to sound waves |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| cursive | running |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |