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 |
|---|---|
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| 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 |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |