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 |
|---|---|
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| finery | ornament |