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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| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| prank | trick |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| din | a loud continued noise |
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |
| shambles | a meat market |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |