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.

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WordMeaning
ovationa ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
uniformitythe quality or state of being uniform
egotisticalcharacterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance
peddleto travel about with wares for sale
amassto collect for oneself : accumulate
humusa brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic
stammerto make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
deviouswandering