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
capitulateto surrender often after negotiation of terms
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frustrateto balk or defeat in an endeavor
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
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detainto hold or keep in or as if in custody