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 |
|---|---|
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| wreak | bring about |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| welter | writhe |