GRE Word List
LUSH
growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage
The meaning of the word lush is growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |