GRE Word List
BOON
a timely benefit : blessing
The meaning of the word boon is a timely benefit : blessing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |