GRE Word List
FLUSH
to fly away suddenly
The meaning of the word flush is to fly away suddenly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| malediction | curse |
| provenance | origin |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| concentric | having a common center |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |