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 |
|---|---|
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| random | a haphazard course |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| chivalrous | valiant |