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 |
|---|---|
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |