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 |
|---|---|
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |