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 |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| wreak | bring about |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |