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 |
|---|---|
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| alimentary | of or relating to nourishment or nutrition |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |