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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| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |
| 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 |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |