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 |
|---|---|
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |