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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WordMeaning
snuffleto snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly
bovineof, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow
tolla tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge)
wreakbring about
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
millenniumthe thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation
pusillanimouslacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity
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lingerto be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry
welterwrithe