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 |
|---|---|
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |