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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |