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 |
|---|---|
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |