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 |
|---|---|
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| ramification | branch |