GRE Word List
FLUSH
to fly away suddenly
The meaning of the word flush is to fly away suddenly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| quorum | a select group |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |