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 |
|---|---|
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |