GRE Word List

BOON

a timely benefit : blessing

The meaning of the word boon is a timely benefit : blessing.

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parodya literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule
reclineto cause or permit to incline backwards
unaccountablenot to be accounted for : inexplicable
posthumousborn after the death of the father
ornithologista branch of zoology dealing with birds
disavowalto deny responsibility for : repudiate
yeomanan attendant or officer in a royal or noble household
militiaa part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency
reminiscenceapprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence
skulduggeryunderhanded or unscrupulous behavior