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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| leery | suspicious |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| raiment | clothing |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |