GRE Word List
FLOURISH
to grow luxuriantly : thrive
The meaning of the word flourish is to grow luxuriantly : thrive.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| overwhelm | upset |
| replicate | duplicate |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |