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 |
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| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |