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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| sublimate | sublime |
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |