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 |
|---|---|
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |