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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WordMeaning
irateroused to ire
invalidateto make invalid
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
noisomenoxious
potentateruler
heedlessnot taking heed : inconsiderate
fulminateto utter or send out with denunciation
exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
surrogateone appointed to act in place of another : deputy
ascertainto find out or learn with certainty