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 |
|---|---|
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| congruent | congruous |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| mortician | undertaker |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |