GRE Word List
BOLSTER
a long pillow or cushion
The meaning of the word bolster is a long pillow or cushion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| blackball | to vote against |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| choice | the act of choosing : selection |