Fecund GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈfek.ənd/ (adj) Definition able to produce or reproducing a lot of fruit, crops or offspring, prolific and active, fruitful, spawning, rich, lush, productive, flourishing, fertile Example Reputation: Rabbits breed like rabbits. They are pests. Reality: Rabbits do not always breed like rabbits, especially not in the wild. In its ancestral home…
Proliferate GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /prəˈlɪf.ər.eɪt/ (verb) Definition to grow or increase rapidly in number, procreate, multiply, breed, burgeon, boom, spawn, flourish, bloom, rocket, thrive, reproduce, replicate, mushroom, snowball, propagate Example Rabbits are noted for their prolific breeding ability, but the popular phrase “breeding like rabbits” isn’t quite the whole story. Many animals bear a lot…
Mature 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 15 /məˈtjʊəʳ/ (adj & verb) Adjective: fully developed or ripe, matured, established – experienced, full-grown, skilled, adult Verb: to become mature, ripen, develop, flourish, grow up, mellow All people grow up and mature. They turn 20, they turn 40, and soon 60 – and then they die. So when…
Burgeon 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 1 /ˈbɜː.dʒən/ (verb) to start developing or growing quickly, flourish, thrive, prosper, increase rapidly, boom, escalate, expand, swell, snowball, augment, multiply, mushroom, proliferate This thesis analyses eighteenth-century portraiture within the context of ‘norms’ propagated in contemporary prescriptive and fictional literature, ‘norms’ which overlay a heterogeneous reality. The…
Nurture 1100 Words You Need Nurture 1100 Words You Need /ˈnɜː.tʃəʳ/ (noun & verb) Verb to give food to someone and take care of him so that they can develop and grow, take care of young thing, feed, nourish, look after, raise, rear, foster to help and support a plan or person to develop and…
Flourish English Flashcard Flourish English Flashcard (noun & verb) /ˈflʌr.ɪʃ/ US /ˈflɝː-/ verb: 1. to grow and become more and more successful – develop – thrive – succeed: In this fertile land, plants can flourish very soon. 2. to wave something in your hand so that other people could notice that: He beckoned me by…
Prosper Prosper (verb) /ˈprɒs.pəʳ/ US /ˈprɑː.spɚ/ to be successful, especially financially – succeed financially – flourish – do well – thrive: He was determined to prosper and climb up the ladder of success. Antonym: decline Noun: prosperity Adjective: prosperous Adverb: prosperously