GRE Word List

FLOURISH

to grow luxuriantly : thrive

The meaning of the word flourish is to grow luxuriantly : thrive.

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impassionedfilled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling
jettisonto get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision
millenniumthe thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation
whorla drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle
smarthaving or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent
abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol
quibbleto evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
sibyllineany of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy)
dramaa composition (see composition
swathea band used in swathing