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 |
|---|---|
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |