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 |
|---|---|
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |