GRE Word List
FLUSH
to fly away suddenly
The meaning of the word flush is to fly away suddenly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| natal | native |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |