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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cuisinemanner of preparing food : style of cooking
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grandiloquenta lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
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