GRE Word List
BOON
a timely benefit : blessing
The meaning of the word boon is a timely benefit : blessing.
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| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| bifurcated | divided into two branches or parts |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| dynamo | generator |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| bohemian | a native or inhabitant of Bohemia |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |