GRE Word List
BEHOOVE
to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for
The meaning of the word behoove is to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
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