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

WordMeaning
extirpateto destroy completely : wipe out
artfulperformed with or showing art or skill
worldlyof, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs
implodeto burst inward
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
culminationthe action of culminating
expenditurethe act or process of expending
arteryany of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body
controvertto dispute or oppose by reasoning
mendicantbeggar