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 |
|---|---|
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| random | a haphazard course |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |