GRE Word List
LUSH
growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage
The meaning of the word lush is growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| 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 |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| thrive | to grow vigorously : flourish |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |