GRE Word List
FLUSH
to fly away suddenly
The meaning of the word flush is to fly away suddenly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |