GRE Word List
FLUSH
to fly away suddenly
The meaning of the word flush is to fly away suddenly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |