GRE Word List
FLOURISH
to grow luxuriantly : thrive
The meaning of the word flourish is to grow luxuriantly : thrive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| whorl | a 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 |
| implode | to burst inward |
| progeny | descendants |