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 |
|---|---|
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| anthology | a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |