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 |
|---|---|
| passe | past one's prime |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| waffle | a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |