GRE Word List
SPARTAN
a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta
The meaning of the word spartan is a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |