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 |
|---|---|
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| adversary | one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| catechism | oral instruction |