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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rooster | an adult male domestic chicken : cock |
supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
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artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
retaliate | to return like for like |
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