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 |
|---|---|
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| parlance | speech |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| sadistic | of, relating to, or characterized by sadism |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| ebullient | boiling |