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 |
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altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
dull | tedious |
interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
enrapture | to fill with delight |
atheistic | a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism |