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 |
|---|---|
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| canine | a conical pointed tooth |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |