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
dissimulateto hide under a false appearance
vigoractive bodily or mental strength or force
umbragea feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult
sepulchera place of burial : tomb
psychicof or relating to the psyche : psychogenic
consequentialof the nature of a secondary result : indirect
comelypleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion
depleteto empty of a principal substance
massthe liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist
genuflectto bend the knee