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 |
|---|---|
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |