GRE Word List
SPROUT
to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout
The meaning of the word sprout is to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
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