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.

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WordMeaning
dallyto act playfully
cupidityinordinate desire for wealth : avarice
abbreviateto make briefer
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
circumscribeto constrict (see constrict
augmentto make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
lucremonetary gain : profit
rescindto take away : remove
redundantexceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous
encircleto form a circle around : surround