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 |
|---|---|
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |