GRE Word List
RESURGE
to undergo a resurgence
The meaning of the word resurge is to undergo a resurgence.
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| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |