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 |
|---|---|
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
| shove | to push along |
| lax | loose |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |