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 |
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| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
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| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| enhance | heighten |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
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| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |