GRE Word List
BOON
a timely benefit : blessing
The meaning of the word boon is a timely benefit : blessing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment |
| swill | wash |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| dys- | abnormal |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| gnarl | snarl |