GRE Word List
LUXURIATE
to grow profusely : thrive
The meaning of the word luxuriate is to grow profusely : thrive.
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| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |