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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corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
ramification | branch |