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 |
|---|---|
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| stringent | tight |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |