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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idylla simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment
titillateto excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation
arboretuma place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes
zealeagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor
makeshifta usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute
pivotalof, relating to, or constituting a pivot
reparationa repairing or keeping in repair
predisposeto dispose in advance
abutto border on : to touch along an edge
testatora person who dies leaving a will or testament in force