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 |
|---|---|
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| quarry | game |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| diva | prima donna |