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 |
|---|---|
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |