GRE Word List
BOON
a timely benefit : blessing
The meaning of the word boon is a timely benefit : blessing.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| drip | to let fall in drops |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| multilingual | of, having, or expressed in several languages |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| desiccate | to dry up |