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 |
|---|---|
| enlist | to secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |