GRE Word List
THRIVE
to grow vigorously : flourish
The meaning of the word thrive is to grow vigorously : flourish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| 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) |