GRE Word List

BOON

a timely benefit : blessing

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

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WordMeaning
muddleto make turbid or muddy
pranceto spring from the hind legs or move by so doing
espousemarry
gentlefree from harshness, sternness, or violence
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
inconsistencyan instance of being inconsistent
lunarcrescent
incrustationa crust or hard coating
ineffableincapable of being expressed in words : indescribable
niggardlygrudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging