GRE Word List
BEHOLDEN
being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted
The meaning of the word beholden is being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |