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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wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
unison | identity in musical pitch |
allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |
nullify | to make null (see null |
pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
inebriate | one who is drunk |