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 |
|---|---|
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |