GRE Word List
THRIVE
to grow vigorously : flourish
The meaning of the word thrive is to grow vigorously : flourish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissension | disagreement |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |