GRE Word List
PROLIFERATE
to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring
The meaning of the word proliferate is to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| factotum | a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |