GRE Word List

GERMINATE

to cause to sprout or develop

The meaning of the word germinate is to cause to sprout or develop.

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itineranttraveling from place to place
cognizancea distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing)
subalternparticular with reference to a related universal proposition
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