GRE Word List
NURTURE
nourish; feed; educate; rear; care for while it is growing or developing; foster; cultivate; N: something that nourishes; rearing
The meaning of the word nurture is nourish; feed; educate; rear; care for while it is growing or developing; foster; cultivate; N: something that nourishes; rearing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exposure | risk, particularly of being exposed to disease or to the elements; unmasking; act of laying something open; Ex. exposure of governmental corruption |
| rave | overwhelmingly favorable review; V: talk wildly as if mad; Ex. raving lunatic |
| dissertation | formal essay; treatise |
| blackball | vote against (an applicant); ostracize; N: negative vote |
| proscribe | prohibit; ostracize; banish; outlaw |
| inadvertently | unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly |
| lagoon | shallow body of water or lake near a sea; lake separated from a sea by sandbars or coral reefs |
| stamina | power of endurance; strength; staying power |
| agglomeration | collection; heap; V. agglomerate: gather into a rounded mass; N. aggolmeate: jumbled mass; heap |
| nip | snip off; stop something's growth or development; bite; make numb with cold; Ex. nip the plan; Ex. A guard dog nipped the postman; Ex. fingers nipped by the extreme chill |
