GRE Word List

FLUSH

to fly away suddenly

The meaning of the word flush is to fly away suddenly.

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WordMeaning
misapprehensionto apprehend wrongly : misunderstand
trancestupor
taintto contaminate morally : corrupt
tardymoving slowly : sluggish
elusivetending to elude: such as
pulsethe regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart
capacitylegal competency (see competence
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
torridparched with heat especially of the sun : hot
pharisaicalmarked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness