GRE Word List
BUXOM
vigorously or healthily plump
The meaning of the word buxom is vigorously or healthily plump.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |