GRE Word List
BOON
a timely benefit : blessing
The meaning of the word boon is a timely benefit : blessing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| repertoire | a list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |