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 |
|---|---|
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |