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 |
|---|---|
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| purported | reputed |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| commune | talk over |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |