GRE Word List
BOON
blessing; benefit; something very helpful
The meaning of the word boon is blessing; benefit; something very helpful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contrived | unnatural and forced; artificial; not spontaneous; Ex. The ending was rather contrived. |
| laud | praise; N. ADJ. laudable: praiseworthy; ADJ. laudatory: expressing praise |
| provincial | pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; narrow; unsophisticated |
| pessimism | belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess; tendency to take the gloomiest possible view of a situation; ADJ. pessimistic |
| deleterious | harmful |
| compatible | harmonious; in harmony with; able to exist together |
| effrontery | rudeness without any sense of shame; shameless boldness; presumptousness; nerve; cheek |
| paean | song of praise or joy; Ex. paeans celebrating the victory |
| sluice | artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water (with a gate to regulate the flow) |
| stymie | thwart; present an obstacle; stump |
