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 |
|---|---|
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| itinerary | the route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |