GRE Word List
FLORESCENCE
a state or period of flourishing
The meaning of the word florescence is a state or period of flourishing.
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| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| conspire | plot |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |