GRE Word List
BOON
a timely benefit : blessing
The meaning of the word boon is a timely benefit : blessing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
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