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 |
|---|---|
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| psychic | of or relating to the psyche : psychogenic |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| leave-taking | departure |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |