GRE vocabulary
Efflorescence
The process of developing and unfolding as if by flowering; a powdery deposit on a surface.
Example
"The efflorescence of creativity in the Renaissance period led to countless masterpieces."
Etymology
From Latin 'ex' (out of) + 'florere' (to blossom, flower).
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