GRE Word List

FLUSH

to fly away suddenly

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

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equanimityevenness of mind especially under stress
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
codifyto reduce to a code
monographa learned treatise on a small area of learning
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
grossglaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness
suspensethe state of being suspended : suspension
taxonomistthe study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics
expansivehaving a capacity or a tendency to expand
desecrateto violate the sanctity of : profane