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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WordMeaning
blurtto utter abruptly and impulsively
mustera representative specimen (see specimen
jingoistextreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy
calligraphyartistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering
idioman expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way)
hierarchya division of angels
browseto eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse
salvagecompensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck
inferto derive as a conclusion from facts or premises
rhetoricthe art of speaking or writing effectively: such as