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 |
|---|---|
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| imbue | endow |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |