GRE Word List
BURGEON
to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout
The meaning of the word burgeon is to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |