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 |
|---|---|
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| hubbub | noise |
| franchise | the right or license granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |