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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
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| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |