Vegetation in the desert is sparse, with only hardy shrubs surviving the extreme heat and lack of rain.
沙漠中的植被稀疏，只有耐旱的灌木才能在极端高温和缺雨的环境中生存。
Which choice best defines “sparse”?
D — Thinly scattered, few. “sparse” means thinly scattered, few.
Which word means “thinly scattered, few”?
B — sparse. “sparse” means thinly scattered, few.
sparse — thinly scattered, few. In Chinese: 稀疏的，稀少的.
sparse is pronounced /spɑːrs/.
Vegetation in the desert is sparse, with only hardy shrubs surviving the extreme heat and lack of rain. (沙漠中的植被稀疏，只有耐旱的灌木才能在极端高温和缺雨的环境中生存。)
scattered, thin, scarce — all close in meaning to sparse (thinly scattered, few).
dense, abundant — each the opposite of sparse (thinly scattered, few).
Yes. sparse is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
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