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 |
|---|---|
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| cuisine | manner of preparing food : style of cooking |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| giddy | dizzy |