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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degradationthe act or process of degrading
contiguousbeing in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point
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inestimableincapable of being estimated or computed
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urgeto present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly
prescienceforeknowledge of events:
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