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 |
|---|---|
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| headlong | headfirst |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| protocol | an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
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