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 |
|---|---|
| toss | to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |