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 |
|---|---|
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |