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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char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
understate | to represent as less than is the case |
felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
dissolution | the act or process of dissolving: such as |
clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |