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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discriminatingmaking a distinction : distinguishing
precipitousprecipitate
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intolerantunable or unwilling to endure
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recessionthe act or action of receding : withdrawal
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attestto affirm to be true or genuine