🌿 Verdure: Think of Salsa Verde or Haricots Verts
VERDURE most nearly means: A) greenery; B) aridity; C) serenity; D) splendor. Answer inside. 👉️
Verdure is a noun that refers to a lot of lush green plants all together. Think of dense green plants with large green leaves, lots of grass, and so on.
📚️ Definition of Verdure
Verdure (noun): The fresh greenness of lush, flourishing vegetation; green plant growth considered collectively. Example: the verdure of the hills in the spring.
🗣️ Pronunciation of Verdure
IPA: /ˈvɜːr.dʒər/ (See IPA key)
Phonetic: VUR-jur
📰 Examples of Verdure
Here are some examples of the word verdure:
When I think of a rain forest, I think of verdure. And vice versa.
The previously-brown hillsides in Marin County were covered with verdure as summer approached.
Though I was initially excited to live in the dorms my first year of college, by December I had become so tired of the dreary gray cinderblocks that I bought a dozen potted plants for my room just to get a little verdure into my life.
“Spring advanced rapidly; the weather became fine and the skies cloudless. It surprised me that what before was desert and gloomy should now bloom with the most beautiful flowers and verdure.” — Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (1818)
🗣️ Common Collocations of Verdure
A collocation is a group of words often found together in usage, for example figment of one’s imagination, extenuating circumstances, or inclement weather.
lush verdure
spring verdure
rich verdure
tender verdure
the verdure of the countryside
Quiz answer: A, greenery.
🧠 Quiz on VERDURE + Recent Words
This short question relies on your knowledge of today’s new word and your memory of the recent words inane, intrepid, terse, and nefarious.
Choose the best answer below:
Come back tomorrow; we’ll learn the adjective disparate.