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
primaloriginal
exhortto incite by argument or advice : urge strongly
padrea Christian clergyman
placidserenely free of interruption or disturbance
bereftdeprived or robbed of the possession or use of something
vassala person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant
waneto decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle
figmentsomething made up or contrived
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deportto send out of the country by legal deportation