GRE Word List
SPROUT
to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout
The meaning of the word sprout is to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| raspy | harsh |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |