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 |
|---|---|
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| eulogistic | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |