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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poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
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minatoryhaving a menacing quality
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contextthe parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning
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