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effloresce

verbCommon GRE wordMore E words

to burst into bloom or flourish, to reach a fresh, full development

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Effloresce in a sentence

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Under careful tending, the once barren plot began to effloresce with color.

Synonyms
bloomblossomflourish
Antonyms
witherwiltdecay

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Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.

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Effloresce (verb) means to burst into bloom or flourish, to reach a fresh, full development
Here is effloresce used in an example sentence: "Under careful tending, the once barren plot began to effloresce with color."
Common synonyms for effloresce include bloom, blossom, flourish.
Antonyms of effloresce include wither, wilt, decay.
Effloresce is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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